Paul V. Ryan, candidate for vice president, stated that the Republican position is to “oppose abortion except for rape, incest and the life of the mother.”

It occurred to me that some designated authority would have to decide if applicants for an abortion qualify for at least one of these three exceptions. If elected, would Gov. Mitt Romney and Ryan create authorities with life-or-death power over these decisions? We assume that they prefer to not disclose how these decisions would be made because voters would object to their proposal and vote against them.

Ryan, Romney and Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle have denigrated the 15-person “non-medical panel” of advisers to Obamacare. So we assume that the decisions would be made by local reviewers in each state. A more localized panel would then be in a position of concealing or revealing to the public and to authorized abortion providers very private matters.

Would applicants for abortion have to present their personal situations, including connections to others in their communities, prior to getting an abortion? Not defined, yet. There could be animosity between individuals, families and clans which would result in bullying, embarrassment, public humiliation and unwanted births.

Highly personal situations which should be private would then be available to whoever would pay for abortions, including family members and insurance companies. Local Social Services and pre-kindergarten facilities would have access to the deliberations of the authority, whatever it turns out to be.